Chess (US label)

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founders:Leonard Chess
parent label:All Platinum (originally Platinum Records, renamed sometime after 1967) (from 1975 to present)
subsidiaries:Checker
Le Roi Du Blues (US/Canadian with Chess as parent label)
Argo (Chicago-based jazz label, 1955-1965) (from 1955-12 until 1965)
Chess (UK distributor for Chess Records) (from 1965 to present)
Cadet Records (65-75 US, subsiduary of Chess) (from 1965 until 1975)
distributors:Chess (UK distributor for Chess Records) (from 1965 until 1970)
owns:GRT Record Pressing (Ex "Midsouth Record Pressing Inc.", owned by GRT Corporation after Chess buyout) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (until 1969)
publishes series:His Best / Her Best
The Chess Box (compilation box sets series published by Chess)
history page and catalog of records:http://www.bsnpubs.com/chess/chesscheck.html [info]
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/label/33931 [info]
Wikidata:Q772494 [info]

Appearances

DateTitleArtistLength
holds phonographic copyright (℗) for
1960If I Can’t Have YouEtta James duet with Harvey Fuqua2:46
Blues ImpromptuJames Moody5:30
Great DayJames Moody4:00
Let's TryJames Moody3:22
Malice Toward NoneJames Moody5:20
One Never KnowsJames Moody5:18
Opales'QueJames Moody5:01
The SearchJames Moody4:35